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Brazil court orders boy's return to U.S. Dec. 16: An appeals court in Brazil on Wednesday ordered the return of a 9-year-old New Jersey boy to his father after a five-year custody battle between the boy's American father and Brazilian mother. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.

2-year-old boy stuck with 50 sewing needles A can-do canine named Rudolph Student drawing controversy Drugging at day care?

updated 4:04 p.m. ET July 17, 2009

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